This session shares the Franklin (MA) Town Council meeting held on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. The Council held this session as scheduled beginning at 6 PM. All 9 Councilors participated during the early portion of this meeting. Councilor Cormier-Leger was traveling and joined remotely for part of the meeting. All of the other 8 councilors were in Council Chambers for this session.

Quick recap:

• The vote to join the GIC passed 9-0
• The vote to approve the budget adjustment was approved 9-0. TA Hellen to hold on posting for the Communications role pending further discussion with the Town Council
• After much discussion, the vote to rescind the vote on the approval of the "friendly 40b" for 444 East Central St was approved by 5-1 (Morrongiello no; Grella, Malloy both recused themselves; Cormier-leger was not online at the time of the final vote)

The recording runs about 4 hours & 20 minutes

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Franklin TV video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGGEiz-8dlM 

The agenda for this session ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2010 

My notes for the full meeting in one PDF -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/19-3d9qq6zRWsk0GedQJ6NUm6Q425CldU/view?usp=drive_link 

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